UK communications watchdog Ofcom will reportedly regulate Internet service provider BT’s wholesale fiber broadband prices despite finding that the charges are not anticompetitive.
Ofcom had originally launched an inquiry into how it should monitor and regulate the wholesale prices, and whether BT’s fees leave room for competitors to profit.
Now, Ofcom is …read more
A federal judge has denied a request by insurance giant Blue Cross to have an Alabama antitrust lawsuit against the company tossed, allowing the case accusing Blue Cross of illegally dividing up the market to proceed.
First filed in 2012, the lawsuit accuses Blue Cross and its subsidiaries, including Blue Cross …read more
Sources say UK regulators have obtained troves of electronic messages between currency traders that include new evidence of foreign exchange market manipulation.
The Financial Conduct Authority is currently probing allegations that traders swapped confidential information to manipulate the forex market, and sources said the FCA has transcripts of electronic conversations that …read more
The Common Core standardized testing initiative has earned its fair share of controversy in recent months as some criticized the grade school standards as ineffective and unnecessarily complicated, but now the Common Core is surrounded by more controversy; this time, reports emerged that top education firm Pearson is accused of …read more